Thread: My first honing attempts with photos

Originally Posted by elmoensio

JOB15, Maladroit and RusenBG

Good advice as well. I will for sure use the marker, 50x magnification as I don't have jewellers loupe and loooots of patience with light pressure and many laps.

I don't want to invest in more stones at the moment as I truly believe the problem is in the hand that holds the stone, not in the stone. For me it seems that I was just too heavy handed and impatient in my honing attempts.

Had I known that I need to learn to shave, strop and hone all at once...

I only use my naked eye and my microscope but I know what I'm looking for.
Unless its a tiny bevel you should be able to see whats going on with the naked eye whilst reflecting light on the bevel.